Trackway



G. W. RAY

TRAC KWAY Filed March 5, 1927 Inventar yeary FV, Fd

Attorney vPatented Nov.v 22,L 1927.

x Unirse sraras PATENT OFFICE- GEORGE W. RAY, O FORTY FORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRACKWAY.

Application filedl March 3, 1927. Serial No. 172,410;

.in so as to eliminate the tendency ofthe rails to give downwardly. lVith the above and other objects in lview as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in vcertain novel fea- V tures of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of partsas will,

be hereinafter more fully described vand claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a plan view ofa trackway embodying the features of niy invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse section vtherethrough taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Figure l.

Referring to the drawing in'detailit will be seen that the numerals 5 denote the or- Y dinary ties for supporting rails 7.5 The three ties 8, 9, and 10 adjacent the joints 11 of the rails 7 are longer than the ties 5.'

iff? rThe tie 9 is longer than ties 8 and 10. These ties have their endsy remote from the joint ll are in alinenieiit with the ends of the ties 5 so that the othei1 ends thereof extend a. greater distance to the side of the tracka5 way than do the ties 5 thereby forming a firmer support for the joints 11 as will be clearly understood and thereby eliminating Vto a considerable extent any tendency of the railjoint to settler oi' sink into the road-bed vertically-at the joints andtlierefore pre- '-50 venting pounding, or side tipping of loads passing over said joint.

It will be seen that this is a very simple means of overcoming this deficiency in the ordinary trackway. 45

It is thought that the construction, utility, and the advantages .of this structure will i now be clearly understood without a more detailed description thereof. It will be apparentthat changes in the details of coii- 5i) i struction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invenv tion as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.y I

Having t-hus described `my invention, what' 55 I claim as new is v A trackway of the class` described com 'prising a plurality of rties and a plurality `of railsy mounted von the ties to be disposed in parallel series, the` ties ,under the adjoin- 00 ing ends of therails being longer than' the remaining ties, said ties below the adjoin? ing portions of the rails extending farther Y to one side adjacent the joints thanto the other side of the adjacent rail, these lastt5 mentioned ties having the center one being longer than theothers,said others gradually 1 decreasingin length as they are spaced from the center one. Y f

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

GEORGE W. RAY. 

